Where does “pika” come from?
pika (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese Picar, from Vulgar Latin piccare, from Frankish pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic pikōną, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".
pika (Guinea-Bissau Creole): to split; to stab
Ancestry of “pika”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | Picar | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 3 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |